Description
Select someone in a leadership position at your organization or at a local company where you might seek employment. This individual could be a director, manager, supervisor, or CEO of the organization.
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word profile of the individual that you interviewed for your company's newsletter, and include the following:
- Identify the individual and their position within the company, and briefly describe the organization.
- Interpret the individual's leadership style based on the Five-Factor personality model, and offer one or more examples of the management and leadership roles of this individual.
- Explain one incident where this individual had to solve a difficult problem or situation because things did not go as planned.
- Describe the lessons that she/he learned from being able to problem solve, even when what she/he had been taught did not work.
Format your profile in the form of a newsletter (the final format may vary depending upon the company's style; please feel free to use either the provided template or to check the Internet or Microsoft® Word for additional newsletter templates)
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Leadership Newsletter Article
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Headline
Elon Musk – A Visionary Leader
Opening
Tesla, Inc. is an automobile manufacturer which designs, develops, manufactures and sells electric vehicles and
storage products. The organization has become a worldwide phenomenon due to its cutting edge technology and
development of high performance electric vehicles. The company is currently regarded as one of the most
innovative organizations in the world with its co-founder, CEO and product architect Elon Musk regarded as one
of the most innovative people in the world. With vision and experience in the technology industry, Elon Musk
has established a leadership position based on inspiring and building the organization’s value. For this month’s
newsletter, I interviewed the CEO of Tesla, Inc. Elon Musk to better understand his view of leadership and how
it applies to Tesla.
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Leadership Newsletter Article
LDR/300 Version 7
Content
To be a successful leader, one must have unique characteristics that set them apart from others. Over the years,
overviews and studies have focused on qualitative leadership traits. However, the Five-Factor Personality Model
provides quantitative assessment of leadership traits. The big five factors include; openness, conscientiousness
(dependability), agreeableness and Neuroticism. When a leader exercises these traits, then they can gain respect
and trust from stakeholders such as consumers and employees....